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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 9, 30 June 1887, Page 4

The' Opposition papers bow down before the golden calf of capital in the most grovelling fashion, quite forgetting that it it was abonr that created the raw materials and only man’s vanity that fashioned it into a gilded idol for fools to worship.—Wanganui Heta’.fl. The Lyttelton Times says New Zealand wants population now more than capital, that we have spent plenty of capital in making the country ready for a big popu. lation, in making railways, and roads, and harbours, and building schools and estah. lishing;institutions of all kinds. Immigration would supply population, but they would be paupers. We must, is the Times conclusion, foster industries to attract a population of its ow a accord. Our house is too big and expensive for us, we must get others'th occupy part of it, The fact that tinned meat once opened and exposed for some hours to air, eepee - ally in hot weather, or if the tin be exposed to heat, would rapidly produce a poisonous product named "potmaine" has been draw a attention to recently by one of the public analysts of London. At a publie meeting in Napier the other dav the following resolution was passed •• 3 hit those present being of opinion that Mr O -mend’s.industry, ability, and integrity hate been cf great advantage to the colony, and that the country new urgently requires thfc seryiqps of men of his calibre resolve to give hjmSbeir cordial support in the forth coming election. ” Rumour says Mr Henry Williams is to contest, the seat. Sajs the Wellington Press : During the 1 earing of'a civil action in the R. M. Court this morning, Mr Fitzherbert was examining a witness (a carpenter) as to trade charges. His answe b altog.. . ;■ sui‘.i: /curse!, th-. 1 f. ■ carpenter- lik rs, differ i charges ? ” . The witness admitted the fact, and intimated his opinion that the -assertion applied to lawyers. “Oh, no,’' said Mr Fitzhe. -bert, “we don’t differ I as to charges.” “No,” renr-ked Mr War-, dell’ “that’s one thing, at any rate, the profession is agreed upon !” I